Developmental Evaluation of a Province-Wide Personal Health Records Application

MyHealthNB is a province-wide personal health records (PHR) application that provides all New Brunswick citizens digital access to their health information, including lab results, immunization records, medication lists, and imaging reports. Although MyHealthNB was developed with aim of empowering New Brunswickers to be more actively involved in their health and healthcare, the solution has yet to be evaluated from the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Through a partnership between Sinai Health (the academic partner that houses Dr. Voorheis and Dr. Steele Gray) and VeroSource Solutions Inc. (the industry partner who developed MyHealthNB using their cloud based digital front door solution), an evaluation will be conducted on MyHealthNB. This evaluation will focus on exploring MyHealthNB’s design (i.e., how New Brunswickers interact with MyHealthNB’s interface and features), implementation (i.e, how New Brunswickers are learning about MyHealthNB and accessing it), and impact (i.e., how New Brunswickers feel MyHealthNB is impacting their healthcare experiences). The purpose of this evaluation is to inform improvements to MyHealthNB and to learn about how to we can design more empowering PHR applications in the future.

Faculty Supervisor:

Carolyn Steele Gray

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Partner:

VeroSource Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

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